Horse-feeding device.



R. 0. GALLINGER HORSE FEEDING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED mm: 2. 1914.

1,144,936. Patented June 29, 1915.

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HORSE-FEEDING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1915.

Application filed. June 2, 1914. Serial No. 842,351.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, ROBERT O. GALLINGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of YVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Feeding Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to feeding devices for horses.

The object of the inventionis the provision of an improved form of feed receptacle which is adapted to be detachably connected by means of a foldable supporting frame with the shafts of a vehicle and from which an animal may comfortably eat.

The invention consists in the novel construction and adaptation of devices, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved feeding device applied to the shafts of a vehicle. F 2 is a plan view of the feeding device with the supporting frame thereof shown folded upon the cover of the receptacle. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of one of the shaft clamping attachments. Fig. 41 is a fragmentary side elevation of Fig. 8.

The reference numeral 5 designates the feed receptacle which is open at the top. Said receptacle may be constructed of sheet metal, canvas or other suitable material in the shape of a bag or pail and at the top is secured about a substantially rectangular frame 6 of wire. Secured by hinges 7 to the longitudinal members of frame 6 are the leaves 8 of a cover provided at their sides with flanges, such as 9.

The hinges 7 are provided with lugs 10 arranged to impinge the walls of the receptacle when the cover leaves are swung into the inclined positions such as indicated at the left side of Fig. l. The cover-leaves being thus held in inclined positions, any grain or other feed which may be thrown thereupon will fall back into the receptacle, the flanges 9 serving to prevent the feed from spilling over the sides of the leaves.

11 represents a latch-bar pivotally connected by a pin 12 to one of the cover-leaves and is adapted to engage over the other leaf when the same is in closed position.

As illustrated in Fig. 1, the receptacle is supported by foldable arms 13 each comprising two members 1 1 and 15 which are jointed by a pin 16 connecting them at a short distance from the end of the member 14 and near the extremity of the latter is provided a stud 1'? which is arranged to encounter the other member when the arm is extended. The arm members l l are each formed with a rectangular bend 18 and terminate in looped extremities 19 which hingedly engage the side members of the frame 6. of the arm members 15, remote from the connecting pins 16, are pivotally connected by pins 20 with saddle-shaped block elements 21 adapted to seat against the shafts 22. Hingedly connected by pins 23 to the respective blocks 21 are U-shaped elements 24 which constitute with the blocks, sleeves for embracing the shafts. To such ends, apertured flanges 25 and 26, respectively, are formed on the sleeve elements to accommodate the clamping devices for detachably securing the sleeves to the shafts. Said clamping devices each consist of a screw bolt 27 having a rectangular-shaped head 28 and pass through apertures provided in said flanges to engage nuts 29 at the opposite sides of the flanges from the heads. Pivotally connected by a pin 30 to a bolt-head 28 is a' lever 31 having a cam-face 32. The aperture provided in the flange 25 of at least one of the elements 21, is in'the nature of a notch 25 (Fig. 4) of sufficient size to allow the head 28 of the associated bolt 27 to pass therethrough when the latter is rotated to present the lever 31 in the position whereat it is represented by broken lines A in Fig. 4:, so that when the bolt is tilted downwardly, the element 2% may be swung away from the shaft. The purpose of making one of the arm-attaching sleeves openable is to adapt the apparatus to be conveniently applied by sliding the sleeves upon the shafts from their ends by reason of the latter being curved or out of parallel. The block element of each sleeve is provided with a plurality of spaced holes 83 which are screwthreaded for engagement by a set screw 34: extending through an arm member, as indicated in Fig. 3. These holes are disposed in superposed relations and enable thearms to be held by the set bolts in various posi' tions as to regulate the height of the feed receptacle.

The receptacle 5, when constructed of metal or an equivalent, may be utilized not only for holding feed in a dry or moist state but also for holding drinking water for an animal.

The ends When the arms are folded and laid upon the top of the receptacle, the apparatus occupies but little space and can be stowed under the seat of a vehicle with the feed contained in the receptacle ready for use.

member having side flanges hinged to said frame, and means connected with the cover for retaining the cover-member in inclined position When open, of a supporting frame comprised of two foldable arms Which are 'hingedly connected to the aforesaid frame,-

Copies of this patent may be obtained for and shaft clamping devices provided at the ends of the arms remote from their connection With the Wire frame.

2. The combination with a feed container, a supporting frame therefor, and means for detachably securing said frame to the shafts of a vehicle, of a pair of cover members hingedly connected to opposite sides of said. container, and means for retaining said cover members in inclined positions When open to direct the feed Which may be thrown thereagainst back into the container.

Signed at Seattle, WaslL, this 25th day of May, 1914.

ROBERT o. GALLINGER. I

Witnesses:

HoRAcn BARNES, E. PETERSON.

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